Across
- 2. dried up
- 4. Bone destroying cells
- 7. are round, usually small, bones embedded in tendons
- 8. constitutes approximately 20% of the total bone mass and is lighter and less dense than compact bone
- 10. is bone development from membranes such as those found in the flat bones of the skull
- 12. consists of bones of the shoulder and pelvic gridles and bones of the upper and lower extremities
- 14. study of bones
- 15. cartilage
- 16. line of ossified bone indicating where previous bone growth occurred at the epiphyseal plate in long bones
Down
- 1. possess a broad, flat surface
- 3. Bone-forming cells
- 5. is a type of connective tissue
- 6. is the process of bone destruction by osteoclasts and bone formation by osteoblasts
- 9. constitutes approximately 80% of the total adult bone mass and forms the hard outer shell of the bone
- 11. is bone development from cartilage
- 13. is the cylindrical shaft of the long bone
- 15. to break